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Curious, Wondrous Things: Community Partnerships, Curation, and the Education Art Collection

Lunchtime Lecture

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Come to the CMA for a quick bite of art history. Every first Tuesday of each month, join curators, conservators, scholars, and other museum staff for 30-minute talks on objects currently on display in the museum galleries.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Sabine Kretzschmar, Manager, Education Art Collection
Location:  Gartner Auditorium
Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
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a glass display case with a variety of objects

Curious, Wondrous Things installation view. Location: The Susan M. Kaesgen Education Gallery and Lobby

About The Event

What happens when community members decide what is on view in the museum? The newly renovated Susan M. Kaesgen Education Gallery and Lobby is a space for experimentation and community engagement with the Education Art Collection. What you see is the result of museum educators’ partnerships with artists, scholars, students, and teachers. Learn about the educational and curatorial processes behind the scenes and explore the curious, wondrous things on view.

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Students examing artworks in an Art to Go program

Sponsors

All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, David and Robin Gunning, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

    Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.